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27 June 2014

Where is the A350 MSN4? It is on-ground for the last 30 days and it should be in Farnborough next month.

The MSN4 prototype, painted with Qatar Airways colors, has not flown since last month, on 27/May. It is planned to be the test-flight prototype that will be used to certify the avionics, but it is quite strange that it has been on-ground for one month, when the A350 prototypes have the “highest flying rate over achieved in Airbus flight test: average 80 Flight Hours per month and per aircraft”.

6 comments:

If it takes so long to repair, there must be a structural part that has been damaged, most probably in the lower part of the fuselage. Perhaps it is because of a collision with a ground vehicle or may be an issue with the landing gear.